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Corned Beef
Make this corned beef at home from fresh beef brisket without all of the additives and preservatives normally found in commercially processed meats. Just make sure to start ahead of time since this needs to cure for 10 days. the results are ell worth the time involved, though!
- 5 pound beef brisket
- 4 quarts water
- 2 cups coarse salt
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon juniper berries
- 2 teaspoons allspice berries
- 2 bay leaves
- 6 garlic cloves, peeled
- 2 slices of rye sourdough bread
- 1/4 cup homemade Russian Dressing
- 1/2 pound sauerkraut
- Zapps potato chips, for serving (optional)
Using a fork, pierce the meat all over. In a mixing bowl, whisk the remaining ingredients together until the sugar dissolves. Pour the brine over the meat, cover, and refrigerate for 10 days, making sure that the meat is completely covered by the brining liquid.
Remove the meat and rinse thoroughly. Place the meat in a stock pot and cover with water. Bring the liquid up to a boil and reduce the heat. Simmer until the meat is fork-tender, about 3 1/2 hours. Remove from the water and set aside until cool, then slice the meat paper thin across the grain.
To make a reuben: On both slices of rye sourdough bread, spread the Russian dressing. Layer the meat, cheese and sauerkraut between the bread. Spread butter on both sides of the bread and place on a hot grill, grill pan, or skillet. Cook for 2 mintues on each side. Remove from the heat, slice in half, and place on a plate with the potato chips.


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I am a beginner in Web Designing. For sure a CMS like Joomla (Joomla 3.1, now) is very useful for one who doesn't care about coding. But... I know for sure that the ability of coding really helps a lot in the production of stunning websites. And I wish to produce magnificent Sites, only. I measured my forces by producing a first Site, namely A Site for the free tuition of Computer Matters, using Joomla 2.5 This Site is still under development.
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The asari are a major faction in Mass Effect with Citadel Council membership.
Asari are humanoids from the planet Thessia, with physical characteristics comparable to humans. They are one of the longest lived of the major Mass Effect races, with life expectancies of 1000 years or more. They often spend the first few centuries of their lives engaged in reckless pursuits, such as erotic dancing or mercenary work; this period is known as the Maiden stage. After a period of time, however, they usually feel an urge to settle somewhere and raise a family, entering the Matron stage of their lives. After a few centuries of raising children, they often move on into the Matriarch stage, becoming leaders and advisors to larger asari communities.
The asari are technically asexual, but their physical characteristics resemble human females, and most seem happy to identify as female. Unlike most humanoids, they do not exchange genetic material when mating. The asari mating process involves a "merging" of the nervous systems of the mates, allowing the asari that chooses to conceive to "randomize" her own genes, using the mate's genetic code as an algorithm. Consequently, while asari are capable of mating with any sapient being, regardless of gender, the offspring of the union is always asari. The greater genetic "randomization" that comes from mating with a non-asari has made interspecies matings preferred in asari society since their discovery of interstellar travel. Asari are capable of engaging in mating behavior without conceiving, and the process is typically pleasurable for both participants.
The control over their own bioelectricity that results from their mating process also gives asari a natural aptitude for manipulating element zero in their tissues; this trait, combined with the abundance of eezo in the environment of the asari homeworld, makes them natural biotics.
A small minority of asari develop a genetic condition that causes their partners to die when they mate; these are known as ardat-yakshi. The mating process is intoxicating for the ardat-yakshi, whose biotic powers grow stronger when she kills. Fortunately, ardat-yakshi are infertile, so the condition is not self-perpetuating. Also, ardat-yakshi are never produced when asari mate with non-asari (supporting the cultural preference for mating with aliens).
Asari do not naturally form large communities, and asari worlds are typically comprised of numerous city-states managed by councils of matriarchs. The Asari Republics are essentially a union of these city-states; a unified government is a relatively new phenomenon for the asari. All asari are able to participate in the government via the extranet, a situation that the asari call an "electronic democracy".
The asari were the first race of the current galactic "generation" to discover the Citadel. When the salarians discovered the station later, the two races allied and founded the Citadel Council.
Threat Assessment
Just as they do not typically dwell in large, dense communities, asari do not typically organize large armies. Asari communities typically have numerous small commando teams for defense. Given the time they have to devote to training and their innate talent for biotics, asari commandos are exceptionally dangerous. That said, the asari depend on their turian allies for support in military conflicts that require large troop deployments.
Despite their low militarization in comparison with other factions in Mass Effect, the asari have 21 dreadnoughts in their fleet and lay claim to the single most powerful dreadnought owned by any Council race, the Destiny Ascension.


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Published on Isolated symptoms.
Influenza is another word for Flu
Published on Isolated symptoms.
The body reacts by expelling the excess of toxins, fatigue, and tension. It is more common in the autumn and onset of spring. It also means that the person has more trouble protecting himself from the outer world. In other words, the person is not focused. He feels strong inner tensions that weaken him and make him more susceptible to adverse climatic conditions. Flu is associated with psychological tensions at home and in the workplace.
Fever is beneficial because it is the way the body lets you know that it is burning. Our obsession to lower the fever has severe risks as it keep us from understanding what our conscience is desperately telling through this symptom. To lower the fever artificially is to have the illusion of lowering conflicts in our conscience.
We may consider giving an aspirin, but not without first talking to the person about what makes him burn in life. It is likely that tensions are related to home or work life.


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This came up in our game last night.
An enemy attacks and rolls a critical hit. The target uses the Luckbender paragon power "Even the Odds" and reduces the roll by the d6 roll.
Is the result still a critical?
I ruled that it wasn't as the power seems to subtract from the roll (rather than the total result).


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What Is the Law Regarding Pets In a Rented Unit?
Generally, a Tenant Is Allowed to Have Pets. If An Apartment Is Governed By the Registered Tenancies Act, 2006, Then a Tenant Is Permitted to Have Pets Subject to Very Few Exceptions. Also, Do Note That a Landlord Is Allowed to Ask About Pets.
Understanding That Lease Terms Banning Pets Are Usually Unenforceable Except In Limited Circumstances
A clause within a lease that disallows pets is unlawful and void for being contrary to section 14 of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, Chapter 17, which forbids a landlord from banning a tenant from owning a pet; and accordingly, even if the tenant previously agreed to the term within a lease, a 'no pets' clause is null and void and unenforceable. The Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 specifically states:
14 A provision in a tenancy agreement prohibiting the presence of animals in or about the residential complex is void.
However, and regardless of the section 14 provision within the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 voiding a pet ban, exceptions are possible in a few specific situations. The possible exceptions that may be available that would allow for a valid pet ban are provided in section 76 of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 which says:
76 (1) If an application based on a notice of termination under section 64, 65 or 66 is grounded on the presence, control or behaviour of an animal in or about the residential complex, the Board shall not make an order terminating the tenancy and evicting the tenant without being satisfied that the tenant is keeping an animal and that,
(a) subject to subsection (2), the past behaviour of an animal of that species has substantially interfered with the reasonable enjoyment of the residential complex for all usual purposes by the landlord or other tenants;
(b) subject to subsection (3), the presence of an animal of that species has caused the landlord or another tenant to suffer a serious allergic reaction; or
(c) the presence of an animal of that species or breed is inherently dangerous to the safety of the landlord or the other tenants.
(2) The Board shall not make an order terminating the tenancy and evicting the tenant relying on clause (1) (a) if it is satisfied that the animal kept by the tenant did not cause or contribute to the substantial interference.
(3) The Board shall not make an order terminating the tenancy and evicting the tenant relying on clause (1) (b) if it is satisfied that the animal kept by the tenant did not cause or contribute to the allergic reaction.
Per these exceptions, where it may be shown that a pet is damaging property, genuinely posing a safety risk, unreasonably disrupting or interfering with the peaceful living of others, a pet may be banned. It is also possible that a municipal bylaw, or mandate of another applicable level of government, will restrict rights regarding pets or perhaps pets of a certain breed. Furthermore, if a tenant resides in a unit that is part of a condominium corporation, and the condominium corporation bylaws or proper and formal rules ban pet ownership as prescribed within the applicable Condominium Declarations a pet ban may be valid. The right of a condominium corporation to ban pets and thereby require a unit owner who acts as a landlord to enforce the pet ban upon a tenant, and for the tenant to comply, was shown in the case of Carriero v. Carli, 2013 CanLII 88835 wherein it was stated:
13 Pursuant to subsection 17(3) of the Condominium Act, a condominium corporation has a duty to "take all reasonable steps to ensure that the owners, the occupiers of units, lessees of the common elements and the agents and employees of the corporation comply with this Act, the declaration, the by-laws and the rules." According to section 119(1) of the Act, every director, officer, employee, declarant, owner, occupier of a unit, and mortgagee shall comply with the Act and the condominium's declaration, by-laws and rules. Also, section 119(2) requires a unit owner to take all reasonable steps to ensure that a tenant, or any other unit occupant, complies as well. Thus, the obligation to comply extends well beyond the unit owners and includes directors, employees, the developer and unit occupants. If a condominium corporation fails to do so, the corporation and the individual members of the board could be exposed to liability.
14 Although the plaintiff does appear to be the "victim" here, one has to ask what obligation, if any, was there upon the plaintiff to step up and take action to "mitigate" his damages (so to speak) by:
a. Ousting the defendants from his unit. Although the plaintiff had no right to seek a remedy under the Residential Tenancies Act unless the dog disturbed other tenants or damaged the premises, etc., he did have a right to seek redress against the defendants in the Superior Court, and
b. Challenging the solicitors' accounts to condominium corporation's, which the plaintiff readily paid - upon receipt.
15 Section 134(5) of the Condominium Act, provides an extraordinary remedy to condominium corporations: If a corporation obtains an award of damages or costs in an (compliance) order made against an owner or occupier of a unit, the damages or costs, together with any additional actual costs to the corporation in obtaining the order, shall be added to the common expenses for the unit. If these amounts go unpaid, the condominium corporation then has a right to register a lien against the unit.
16 The purpose of Section 134(5) is to protect condominium corporations (and, indirectly, all innocent unit owners) from the high costs of litigating against the few wayward unit owners who chronically or blatantly refuse to abide by the Act and/or the terms of the condominium's declaration, by-laws, rules and agreements. Section 134(5) is intended to allow the successful condominium corporation to recoup all of its actual costs incurred in dutifully enforcing the condominium's declaration, by-laws, rules and agreements.
17 Though certainly mute at this stage in the proceedings, it is worthy to mention that before the trial of this action, Peel Condominium Corporation No. 110 was removed as a defendant - on consent. I think this was a grave error on part of the parties. The plaintiff ought to have challenged the solicitors' fees rendered to the condominium corporation. It was clear when the property manager gave evidence at trial, that as the lawyers' accounts came in, the accounts were paid without question and then passed onto the plaintiff, who again, without question, paid them. I believe that there is an obligation on property managers to act wisely and prudently in their position of trust, with respect to paying accounts, whether it be for the plumber, the roofer and even the lawyers. In my review of the accounts rendered by the condominium corporation lawyers, I find that they were excessive and simply out of line. These accounts ought to have been challenged.
18 In the Toronto Superior Court of Justice case of Metropolitan Toronto Condominium Corporation No. 744 v. Michael Bazilinsky and Margarita Bazilinsky, [2012] O.J. No. 731, the Bazilinskys, who were the owners of a condo unit, were contacted in November 2010 by their condominium corporation demanding that they remove a parrot they had in their unit, being in breach of a no pet rule. Ultimately, a $3,330 lien was placed on the for legal fees incurred in attempting to evict the bird.
19 The corporation then brought a court application alleging that the Bazilinskys were in violation of the "no pet" provision of the corporation's declaration and rules. The condominium asked the court for an order forcing the Bazilinskys to comply with its declaration and rules, as well awarding its legal costs of over $16,000. The court only allowed $3,000 for the legal fees.
20 Ultimately, the Bazilinskys consented to the removal of the bird, but disputed the amount of the legal costs claimed by the condo corporation, which, less than six months later had escalated to a whopping $41,599.45. The Bazilinskys finally brought the case back to court seeking a discharge of the lien and the removal of any claim for legal costs beyond the $3,000 previously ordered.
21 The condominium board based its claim on section 134(5) of the Condominium Act which entitles the corporation to recover legal costs of obtaining a compliance order against an owner.
22 Justice Nancy Backhouse ruled: "Section 134(5) is not an invitation to counsel to aggressively work a file or unreasonably build up costs... This was a simple application, the substance of which was consented to before the court date. In my opinion, the value of legal work performed on a solicitor and client basis is no more than $6500 (inclusive of the $3000 costs award of August 17, 2011)."
23 Justice Backhouse awarded $5,000 in costs against the condominium corporation, ordered the lien discharged and ruled that the owners did not have to pay interest on the outstanding common expenses which the condo board refused to accept. In the end, the condo corporation actually owed the Bazilinskys $1,800 in legal fees.
24 This case really has little to do with parrots, since the principles could have applied equally to the enforcement of any provisions of a condominium's declaration, bylaws or rules. The real issue is the extent to which condominium boards can recover their legal costs against unit owners. There are other cases that surmount to a warning to condominium managers and their boards that they can't undertake litigation so recklessly and/or aggressively, and then expecting the courts to bless their tactics which attract unreasonable and disproportionate legal bills.
25 Another point worth mentioning, concerns subsection Section 132(4) of the Condominium Act which states:
Disagreements between corporation and owners
(4) Every declaration shall be deemed to contain a provision that the corporation and the owners agree to submit a disagreement between the parties with respect to the declaration, by-laws or rules to mediation and arbitration in accordance with clauses (1) (a) and (b) respectively.
Interestingly, I heard no evidence in this case that this procedure was attempted or followed.
26 There is no question that all of this (as stated by the plaintiff's agent) would have ended in April 2010, had the defendants complied with the demand for the removal of the dog. Had that happened, both litigants would have saved themselves countless hours of aggravation and thousands of dollars in legal fees.
27 The plaintiff seeks indemnification and places the blame squarely on the defendants. He is right and he ought to be compensated. However, as referred to above, there has to be some responsibility placed upon the plaintiff to mitigate in these circumstances. Aside from the fact that he took no action to remove the defendants from his premises, he never objected to these "overly aggressive" lawyers' fees. It appears that he did not seek legal advice until October of 2010. Had he done so sooner, those fees may very well have been drastically reduced. Therefore, although I am placing fault on the defendants, I am not going to place the full brunt of the liability upon them, and am therefore ordering, indirectly, that the plaintiff share in part of the "burden."
28 Again, I express my concern that the condominium corporation was removed as a party to these proceedings, for as in Bazilinsky, I would not have had any issue with drastically reducing the condominium's recovery on its legal fees.
Summary Comment
Generally, where a tenancy is governed by the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 and a lease clause purports as a pet ban, such a clause is void and unenforceable. Some exceptions do exist. The possible exceptions include specific situations where a pet is shown as posing a safety risks such as a demonstrably dangerous dog, or where the pet is shown as substantially disruptive to others due to prolonged excessive barking or other interference to the living conditions and reasonable enjoyment of others. Allergy issues may also be a genuine concern. To obtain an Order granting an exception, a landlord must apply to the Landlord Tenant Board.
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Homemade bacon – this post features a recipe, but more importantly, it is about tradition, family tradition passed down through generations.
As some of you know, my wife Jody and I purchased her grandparents old home. We very much enjoyed spending time with her grandparents in their later years, listening to their stories of life. I enjoyed their recipes. My wife's grandpa was a butcher in his former life and he loved to process his own meat. In fact even in his retirement years, he still loved working with pork, beef and wild game. He had his own equipment, the highlight of these butchering tools was his smoker.
It is a simple smoker, built out of an old culvert with a door cut into the bottom and some sheet metal on the top. It is not pretty, but it works and the results are yummy.
Before grandpa passed he "showed me the ropes". I was taught to make everything from smoked fish, ham and sausage. But my favorite thing to make is….BACON. Everyone loves bacon and it is not as hard to make as you might think. Here is the recipe for old fashioned/old school smoked bacon.
1 pork belly (you can ask any butcher for this)
1/4-1/2 a cup of pink Himalayan sea salt
some chopped and split hardwood (I prefer apple and/or oak)
a match(s) (number of matches depends on how good of a boy scout you are)
First you get your belly. You can get it with or without skin. I prefer without the skin so the salt can absorb in better. Next you salt the belly with all the salt. Be liberal with your salt and ensure the belly has all been "kissed" by the salt. Now let it sit in the fridge for 2-3 days. You need time for the salt to penetrate the belly all the way through. After you feel the belly has soaked long enough you can light a fire. I have an old culvert, but there are many many many homemade designs that can be found on google that are simple and cheap to make. Now the trick is to light the fire and then "kill the fire". You don't want heat, but you do want smoke. I like to build the fire so it is crackling good and hot and then I place the lid on my smoker so it is starving from oxygen. As a result it will smoke. That is when you add the belly. You can lay it down on a rack or hang it with hooks. Now let it be, it should smoke for approx 2-3 hours. Check the fire every 15 min to ensure it is still going and not too hot.
Making homemade bacon is something special that reminds me of my elders and family. This also helps my wife remind her of our grandmother who also loved to do handwork. "Grammy" claimed her hand work was her outlet and a pleasure for her. She often made tea towels and dish cloths. We have a nice collection at home, so for this post it only seamed fitting to feature one of her tea towels. This post helped to remind me/us that our house is not just a house but a home. And that makes this extra special it us
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I had a few comments on the press conference here.
Secretary of State
SECRETARY CLINTON: Hello, good afternoon, everyone. It's a real pleasure to welcome Minister Baird here in his new capacity as the foreign minister. I've had the opportunity to meet with him briefly in the past, but today we had a chance to go over the very rich substantive agenda that our two countries are working on together, both bilaterally, regionally, and globally.
Before I get into that, however, I would like to comment on the famine situation in Somalia. As you may know, Dr. Jill Biden will be leading a delegation of high-level American officials, including AID Administrator Raj Shah and Assistant Secretary Eric Schwartz from the State Department, to Kenya to see firsthand over this weekend the situation, because as the situation in Somalia and East Africa so clearly illustrates, we all need to be responding to the very human tragedy that is unfolding.
The United States, through the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, is working with the international community and governments in the Horn of Africa to address the short-term immediate needs in the region. But at the same time, we will continue to press our implementation of our Feed the Future initiative to mitigate the long-term effects of prolonged drought and food shortages in the future. I would like publicly to express our deep appreciation to Canada for the Canadian Government's and the Canadian people's strong partnership and extensive aid in the region.
In certain areas of Somalia where access has been possible, including parts of Mogadishu, and in the refugee centers hosted by Ethiopia and Kenya, we are saving many Somali lives. However, al-Shabaab militants have deliberately blocked the delivery of food assistance in an area of south central Somalia which is under direct or indirect control of al-Shabaab. And that also includes some areas of Mogadishu and its environs.
It is particularly tragic that during the Holy Month of Ramadan, al-Shabaab are preventing assistance to the most vulnerable populations in Somalia, namely children, including infants and girls and women who are attempting to bring themselves and those children to safety and to the potential of being fed before more deaths occur. I call on al-Shabaab to allow assistance to be delivered in an absolutely unfettered way throughout the area that they currently control so that as many lives as possible can be saved.
Now to my meeting with the minister – and I want to express, on behalf of myself and certainly our government, our appreciation for your friendship to the United States. We also are aware of how well known you are for your candor and your ability to cut to the heart of any issue. That was most welcome in our meeting today, and we were able to cover many of our shared goals and commitments.
We are bound together in so many obvious ways, of geography and commerce, culture, values, but it is worth noting that 300,000 people and $1.7 billion in goods and services cross our border every single day. So as close neighbors who work, trade, and interact with one another, we are seeking ways to create jobs for our own citizens, Canadians and Americans alike. Therefore, it's critical that we ensure our border remains a safe, vibrant connector of people, trade, and energy. And today, the minister and I discussed other ways to expand trade and investment; for example, by reducing unnecessary regulations that get in the way of our businesses doing business.
We also discussed our joint efforts to expand security around the world. I am greatly appreciative of Canada's contributions in Afghanistan, where Canadian soldiers have suffered some of the highest casualty rates of any coalition partner. And Canada continues to help the Afghan people take responsibility for their own security.
We also appreciate Canada's contribution to enforcing UN Security Council Resolution 1973 in Libya. And I was very interested in hearing Minister Baird's impressions from his recent trip to Benghazi.
We also talked about how Canada and the United States can expand our cooperation throughout the Western Hemisphere by leveraging our resources to support economic development, citizens' safety, and good governance with our neighbors to the south.
Prime Minister Harper has long emphasized his intentions to expand Canada's engagement in the Americas and the Caribbean, and Canada showed its extraordinary commitment to the people of Haiti in its great outpouring of relief following the earthquake. And there's much we can do to make sure that our borders to the south are secure, and that means helping Central American countries strengthen their policing and rule of law and reducing corruption. This is – these are areas where Canada's expertise can make a real difference.
So among the many things we discussed, those are some of the issues that we are working on, but our work continues. I am grateful for the minister's strong commitment to our robust alliance and our unwavering friendship, and I look forward to continuing our work together.
FOREIGN MINISTER BAIRD: Thank you very much, Madam Secretary, and thank you for the warm welcome here at the State Department. Our two countries continue to enjoy one of the closest friendships and the most prosperous partnerships in the world. Not only do we share a border; we also share people-to-people ties like no other countries on earth, and increasingly intertwined economies, which is why, under the leadership of President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, we remain focused not only on important bilateral issues, but also on global ones as well.
Secretary Clinton and I see eye to eye on the evolving situations in both Libya and in Syria. In Libya, we remain committed to the NTC and its vision for a free Libya in a post-Qadhafi era. In Syria, we stand united in condemning the actions of the Asad regime and backing calls of the Syrian people for true and meaningful reform.
Closer to home, we discussed the path forward on the shared border initiative. Our government recently received a strong mandate from Canadians to create jobs and to secure the global recovery. To that end, even stronger cooperation between Canada and the United States simply makes sense. We must speed up legitimate trade and travel between our two countries while also enhancing security and protecting our citizens' privacy.
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I would close by thanking Secretary Clinton for her tireless dedication and innovative approach to global diplomacy, and of problem-solving in the international scene. Canada and the United States share very similar core values in our international relations. I know we will continue to work together in a variety of areas to accomplish great things. We are and we will continue to be great partners. Thank you, merci beaucoup.
MR. TONER: We have time for two questions on each side today. The first one goes to Elise Labott of CNN.
QUESTION: Thank you. Madam Secretary, I'd like to ask you about Syria. You said and the President said months ago that if President Asad cannot lead a transition, he should get out of the way. You've said he's lost legitimacy. If you look at the situation on the ground, particularly in Hama, it's dire. There are tanks inside the country, and basically, nobody has heard from a lot of their people inside the country. I was wondering what more it's going to have to take for the United States to call on President Asad to step down? What kind of levers can you push to stop the violence and get him out of the way? And what about the sanctions on the oil and gas sector that you had spoken about? What can the U.S. do to stop this tragedy? Thank you.
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I think your description is all too accurate. We've seen the Asad regime continue and intensify its violent assault against its own people this week. Sometimes you lose sight of the incredible tragedy unfolding on the streets by just looking at the numbers which are so numbing, but the shooting death of a one-year-old recently by the Syrian regime's tanks and troops is a very stark example of what is going on.
We think to date, the government is responsible for the deaths of more than 2,000 people of all ages, and the United States has worked very hard to corral and focus international opinion to take steps toward a unified response to the atrocities that are occurring. We stand fully behind the UN Security Council presidential statement, which was agreed to last evening, which condemns the widespread violation of human rights and the use of force against civilians by Syrian authorities. And we call, along with the UN Security Council, on the authorities to end all violence against affected towns, comply with their obligations under applicable international law, allow immediate and unfettered access for international humanitarian agencies and workers.
As I've said before and as others in our government have said, President Asad has lost his legitimacy to govern the Syrian people. We continue to support the Syrians themselves in their efforts to begin a peaceful and orderly transition to democracy. I met on Tuesday with a group of U.S.-based Syrian activists and members of the Syrian American community to express our solidarity and sympathy for all Syrian victims of the Asad regime's abuses. The activists reaffirmed the internal opposition's vision of a transitional plan for a Syria that will be representative, inclusive, and pluralistic, for a new united Syria with a government subject to the rule of law, and fully respectful of the equality of every Syrian irrespective of sect, ethnicity, or gender. And I encouraged the activists to work closely with their colleagues inside Syria to create such a unified vision.
So we are seized of the concerns posed by what is happening in Syria, and we know that it's taken time to pull together a broader international coalition to speak out against what is happening in Syria, but we are committed to doing all we can to increase the pressure, including additional sanctions, but not just U.S. sanctions, because frankly, we don't have a lot of business with Syria. We need to get Europeans and others. We need to get the Arab states. We need to get a much louder, more effective chorus of voices that are putting pressure on the Asad regime, and we're working to obtain that.
QUESTION: Do you think that there's not enough international outrage about this? I mean, the U.S. has had trouble at the United Nations pushing for even stronger condemnations, such as a resolution. I mean, are you hampered by what you can do by the lack of international will on this?
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, let me say this, Elise. We are working very hard to increase that international will. What happened last night in the Security Council could not have happened a week ago. So in effect, other governments, other people's voices are starting to be heard, and we think that's essential.
MR. TONER: Next question goes to Paul Workman of CTV.
QUESTION: Thank you. Secretary Clinton, first of all, I'm wondering if we could talk about the Keystone Pipeline and why the delays in coming to a decision and what concerns you might have about the importation of what's been called "dirty oil" into the United States.
And for Minister Baird – and both of you, actually – on Somalia, first of all, did you talk about military action against al-Shabaab? And on Libya, would either of you accept to have Qadhafi stay in the country if he steps down? And what do you think of this latest report that he may want to join with the Islamists in order to drive the rebels out?
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I will answer your first question, and I will let the minister answer your next three. (Laughter.)
FOREIGN MINISTER BAIRD: That's called a partnership. (Laughter.)
SECRETARY CLINTON: We are reviewing TransCanada's permit application for Keystone XL Pipeline to cross the U.S.-Canadian border. As you know, this includes analysis and assessment of multiple factors, as well as reviewing hundreds of thousands of comments that have been received during the public comment period. We are leaving no stone unturned in this process and we expect to make a decision on the permit before the end of this year.
FOREIGN MINISTER BAIRD: On the Keystone Pipeline, this is obviously tremendously important to the future prosperity of the Canadian economy. We had a good discussion about it, and I respect that the Secretary is the decider, so she listened respectfully. We're pleased that there's a – the recent announcement about the process, that there will be some public consultation, and obviously look forward to a decision on this. It is a very important project not just for our government, but I think for Canadians and the future of the Canadian economy.
I think while we're deeply concerned about al-Shabaab's actions in Somalia at this time, we're not contemplating military action. Obviously, both countries have an experience from that, some 16, 17, 18 years ago.
With respect to Colonel Qadhafi staying in Libya, I believe when I visited Benghazi the bottom line of the NTC was that he and his family had to leave power. Certainly, we're supportive of that as a minimum. At the end of the day, though, a post-Qadhafi Libya should – those decisions should be made by Libyans themselves, but I appreciated the comments of the NTC when I visited Benghazi in that regard.
MR. TONER: Next is Kirit Radia of ABC News.
QUESTION: Hi. Thank you very much to you both. Madam Secretary, before I get to my question, I'd like to just follow up on Elise's question, because I –
SECRETARY CLINTON: (Laughter.) I warned John before we came out here that two plus two did not equal four. (Laughter.)
QUESTION: Well, Canada is double the allies. (Laughter.)
QUESTION: That's right. But I would like to ask you just about whether or not to call on President Asad to go, why not do that?
My question was about Somalia, following on your comments. The recent UNICEF appeal for $300 million has only yielded a couple million dollars contributed so far. What are you saying to allies, to other countries around the world, to try to get them on board? And recently this week, several officials have suggested that the U.S. would be open to some sort of agreement working with al-Shabaab, or elements of it that would be willing to cooperate if they were to allow some aid in. What can you tell us about that? Thank you.
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, first, as to the follow-up on Syria, I think I've said all I can say, that we are working around the clock to try to gather up as much international support for strong actions against the Syrian regime as possible. I come from the school that actions speak louder than words.
Now with respect to Somalia and al-Shabaab, I want to put this in the broader context. Millions of people are suffering, and those millions of people are in Ethiopia and Kenya; they are in parts of Somalia that are not controlled by al-Shabaab. So there is more than enough work for the international community to do to help save lives without even having to worry about the al-Shabaab controlled areas. So of course, I urge a response to the UN's appeal.
The United States is now approaching half a billion dollars in support for famine relief, and we have communicated, I have spoken directly with Prime Minister Meles. We have spoken with the Kenyan Government. We are working with a lot of the UN and multilateral organizations as well as the NGOs to try to better organize to deliver the food stuffs that are necessary, particularly to save children's lives from this famine that they're encountering.
With respect to al-Shabaab, what the United States has done in the last week is to make it clear our understanding of how difficult it will be to get aid into the al-Shabaab controlled regions. Therefore, we know that al-Shabaab imposes taxes on people who try to bring aid to assist in saving lives from this drought and famine. We know that they make money from kidnapping those who are attempting to provide humanitarian relief. We know how difficult this is. Therefore, we don't want to add to the difficulty.
If people from the UN or from other organizations are trying to get food into the al-Shabaab controlled region, the United States will not be imposing the penalties that are called for under our laws, particularly, as you know, the Patriot Act, which talks about any material support that goes to terrorists. And if it inadvertently does go to al-Shabaab, we think, unfortunately, the situation calls for us to offer some room for more maneuverability in trying to get the food in. At the end of the day, the best way to get food into those areas is for al-Shabaab to actually care about the people under their control.
MR. TONER: The next question is (inaudible) from Radio-Canada.
QUESTION: Thank you very much. (In French.)
And for Madam Secretary, I'd first like to follow up on my colleague's question regarding Keystone and what your concerns are for the environmental impact of the extraction of oil from the oil sands. And the question I asked the minister on the differences, really also, and policies between the actions in Libya and the ones in Syria. Can you explain those differences, please?
FOREIGN MINISTER BAIRD: Listen. I mean, obviously, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1973, which gave a significant amount of leeway for allies to come together and to tackle the challenge that we saw on the ground, we're there very actively protecting civilian lives.
The situation in Syria, the actions of the Asad regime are obviously abhorrent. The way they've acted in recent weeks and months, even in the last 48 hours in Hama is absolutely disgraceful. Regrettably, we don't have the same amount of international support at the UN for this, so I think in the absence of that, what we've got to continue to do is to work with like-minded allies. And there's not a – there's no country, I think, who can single-handedly tackle this challenge. We've got to work aggressively with others.
I think recently Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom have toughened up our sanctions, and we had a good discussion today about what we could do going forward.
QUESTION: (Inaudible.)
FOREIGN MINISTER BAIRD: Ah, excuse. Do you want to do the French answer? (Laughter.)
(In French.)
SECRETARY CLINTON: I would only add to John's comments about Syria versus Libya. As he pointed out, the response from the international community was very different with respect to Libya, not only with, first, UN Security Council Resolution 1970, but then 1973. You had a call for action to protect civilians from the Gulf States, from the Arab League. So I think that there may be many reasons for it, but the step that we did see made last night in the Security Council is the first step of what we hope will be continuing steps to try to unite the world in both our rhetorical outrage, but in actions that will send a very clear message to the Asad regime, the insiders there, that there's a price to pay for this kind of abuse and attacks on their own people.
With respect to Keystone, we are planning to issue the final environmental impact statement this month. Then once that final statement is issued, interested in federal agencies on our side, including the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, under our laws have a 90-day period to review and provide their views on whether a permit should be issued. We think it's critically important to hear the publics' views, and so the State Department in September will host public meetings in all six of the states through which the Pipeline will pass.
We've been clear from the beginning that the safety of the Pipeline is one of our highest priorities. We have not only conferred with the EPA, but also with an organization called the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Association. And we have worked diligently to ensure we have full understanding of all of the consequences, including the very important point that the minister made to me about energy security and what that means for our two countries. And we have worked with the applicant, with TransCanada, to develop a set of conditions above and beyond what is required by law to ensure that if the permit is issued, the project will be as safe as it could possibly be.
But because I am very conscious of the role that I play and that the State Department plays, that is as full an explanation as I can provide.
Thank you all very much.
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I'm curious about this because I recall before learning any functional languages, I thought them all horribly, awfully, terribly unreadable. Now that I know Haskell and f#, I find it takes a little longer to read less code, but that little code does far more than an equivalent amount would in an imperative language, so it feels like a net gain and I'm not extremely practiced in functional.
Here's my question, I constantly hear from OOP folks that functional style is terribly unreadable. I'm curious if this is the case and I'm deluding myself, or if they took the time to learn a functional language, the whole style would no longer be more unreadable than OOP?
Has anybody seen any evidence or got any anecdotes where they saw this go one way or another with frequency enough to possibly say? If writing functionally really is of lower readability then I don't want to keep using it, but I really don't know if that's the case or not..


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OK I'm just going to do a short bio now so I can follow other people's tea blogs without seeming too creepy, I promise to do a better (and more interesting) one soon. So probably in a couple of years.
I recently finished my college degree and and have my fingers crossed to get accepted into my grad school of choice. Once my education is all finished I want to be a librarian, mostly so I can drink tea while surrounded by books all day (and get paid for it!!) while encouraging all librarian stereotypes with my knit cardigans, pulled back hair, and glasses.
I've been drinking herbal tea with my mother (who I also got onto this site – HI MOMMY!!) for as long as I can remember. I started buying Orange Pekoe grounds (let's face it there's nothing leaf like about them) for myself in high school for the caffeine boost, and have been buying loose leaf teas ever since.
When I have to explain my love of tea to others these are generally the reasons I give:
1.) It's like a hug in a cup, there's something incredibly soothing about holding a warm mug and smelling your favourite scent.
2.) Although I didn't start drinking tea for the health benefits, I will definitely enjoy them. Lower LDL levels? Protection against heart disease? Healthier skin? Yes please, sign me up.
3.) I'm a celiac and was diagnosed when I was 13, which was late enough in life that I know exactly what I'm missing out on. I don't really care that cake tea, or s'mores tea has less calories than the actual product, but I do LOVE that I can sit and smell things I've missed while tasting something that's similar (and often better than their gluten free replicas).
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On Monday night, I pulled into a gas station to fill my truck up and when I stepped out, on the ground next to the pump, was a wallet. Of course I looked around and I was the only guy at the gas station. I picked up the wallet, opened it up and looked at the drivers license. The license showed a young man, 22 years old, who's address on the license showed he lived in Atascadero, CA which is about 200 miles from where I live.
The next thing (of course) was to see if it had any money in it, to which it did. A lot. Just over $1,000 in it. 10 brand new $100 bills, and some singles. Holy shit, I thought. Am I being punked here? So I went into the gas station and told the attendant what I found, and left my name and phone number, in case he came back. The young kid said "why don't you just leave it here with me?" I replied, "no. I'll handle it, but thanks."
When I got home (about 9 PM) I started looking for this young man. There were some items in the wallet, including a picture of a very young baby girl, but nothing to tip me off as to where he could be. I don't have Facebook or any social media so I asked my daughter (who does) to Facebook this guy and let him know that I found his wallet and want to return it to him. So she did, but she got no reply back.
Tuesday morning, I continued my detective work. The wallet had an Auto Zone card in it as well as a Bank of America card in it. I went to B of A and told them my story. I told them I was looking for an address or contact or anything. They said they couldn't give out personal information. I figured that, but I did ask them to send him an E mail saying his wallet and ATM card were found. They said they would.
I then went to Auto Zone and repeated the process. Same result. No personal info can be given out. Now I'm getting frustrated. So I went to the Upland PD station and of course, they couldn't help me either but did suggest I leave the wallet with them. I said no, mainly because I don't trust people, especially with $1,000 to tempt someone.
Tuesday afternoon, I called my brother in law who works for the LA County Sheriff and told him my story. He ran the kids license and got in contact with Atascadero PD and the kids new address came back to Upland, and we also got a contact phone number. Bingo. Finally. By the time I got the info back, it was late Tuesday night but I called the number anyway. No answer, but I did leave a message.
Wednesday morning, the young man, Jeff, called me. We talked and I explained how I had found his wallet, and for the last 2 1/2 days, I've been trying to track him down. We agreed to meet in a parking lot next to the gas station where I found his wallet. Yesterday afternoon, we met and I returned the wallet, with the $1,000 still in it and proceeded to hear Jeff's story. What a story.
He had originally wanted to be a fire fighter (like yours truly) but he got his girlfriend pregnant and needed steady work and couldn't wait out the long process to be a fire fighter. So they packed their stuff, left Atascadero, and moved south to Upland where he works part time at In-N-Out burger. He then goes to night school, taking diesel mechanic classes, in hopes of being a diesel mechanic. He said that $1,000 was his rent money and it was everything he and his fiancee had in their account. He said when he lost his wallet, they both cried for 2 days. Not only was their rent money gone, but so was what was left over for Christmas present money for their little girl. They didn't know what to do.
I told him the picture of the young girl inspired me. I never had a thought of keeping the wallet. That's not how I am, but I can't speak for others. Needless to say, Jeff was very excited to get his wallet and money back. He said he didn't have any money to give me for a reward but I said I didn't want a reward. I just want you to pay your rent and take care of your family. The young man started crying, saying he can't believe he got his money back and how I am some "angel from God."
I told him we all are Angels from God. Some do the right thing, some don't. Turns out he is a big Notre Dame fan also. The last ironic thing out of this, if you still are reading this, is I informed him that when he graduates from school (in March) let me know because we have a fleet services section in the fire department. They work on all our fire engines and equipment. I made a few calls to some friends, and it appears he may have an opportunity to work for us. He would still have to apply like everyone, but they don't get a lot of applicants for mechanic for some reason. So hopefully that works out for him.
Needless to say, I felt an incredible sense of well being yesterday. After 23 years as a firefighter, I have made a difference in thousands of lives, good and bad. Nothing I've ever done compared to yesterday. Nothing. It was an amazing feeling that I'm still feeling great about. Thought I'd share it with you guys.


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He should know. His sauces have been named tops in the industry by the Sofi Awards two years running, making him a recognized expert in designing the perfect bowl of pasta. His tips include:
* Choosing the Pasta -- If you want a great pasta experience, choose a variety of pasta that receives the sauce and spices well. Thinner more delicate shapes should pair with lighter thinner sauces. Pick pasta made from durum wheat and a slightly rougher pasta or shaped pasta holds the sauce better.
* Choosing the Sauce -- Good marinara is made primarily from tomatoes, not tomato paste. If your sauce ingredients list paste, water or sugar as the first ingredient, then you need to put the jar down slowly and back away from it. Some sauces make a better base so don't be afraid to doctor it with meat, cheese, or fresh veggies. Also, to keep your pasta love life interesting, experiment with different flavors of sauce (tomato cream, butternut, wild mushroom, etc.).
* Boiling the Pasta -- Use plenty of water, add salt to it, and never put dry pasta in the water until it has reached a rolling boil. Stir occasionally and, once the pasta nears the minimum cooking time on the package start tasting it. Take the pasta out when it is al dente or a little firm. The pasta will continue to cook a little after you take it out.
* Heating the Sauce – For an even more flavorful pasta dish take the pasta out of the water a few minutes early and let it finish cooking in the sauce.
* Plating the Pasta -- When you strain the pasta, do not run water over the pasta unless you are making a cold pasta salad. Make sure to strain really well as nobody likes watery pasta. Place a ladle of sauce at the bottom of your serving bowl before dumping the cooked pasta in. Then, ladle generous amounts of sauce into the bowl, and toss the pasta so the sauce is evenly distributed. Then you can add extra sauce to each plate according to your dinner guests' taste. You might want to garnish each plate with some fresh basil or even parsley. Freshly grated Parmesan or Parmesan Reggiano is a great touch and tasty
* Preparing the Bread -- The bread is important, because at the end of the meal, a good textured bread can be used to soak up the excess sauce in the plate. To make the most of the bread, bake it for 6-8 minutes at 350 degrees. This will make for toasty nooks and crannies that will capture the sauce in your plate without letting the bread go limp or soggy. Garlic bread can also be a delicious alternative.
"A great pasta meal is all about the details and the creative flair," Dave added. "If you take care to pay attention to those details and put forth a tiny bit of extra effort, every pasta meal at home can be a gourmet meal you can be proud of."


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Today's marketplace is an ever-evolving and sophisticated environment. This means organisations need to be able to adapt not only what they do, but the way they do it. ITIL 4 bridges the gap between the challenges of the current landscape and those of the future. Through its framework, ITIL 4 offers a practical and flexible solution for supporting organisations as they navigate the world of digital information.
ITIL Foundation remains the entry-level certification, and covers a general awareness of the fundamental principles and terminology used in ITIL 4. All candidates will start with ITIL Foundation for both the ITIL Professional and ITIL Strategic Leader. Upon completing all five modules of both ITIL Professional and Strategic Leader, you will be eligible for assessment to become an ITIL Master.
ITIL Practitioner is discontinued in ITIL 4. Instead of being a separate module, the Practitioner guidance is now a fundamental part of all modules in ITIL 4.
ITIL Managing Professional (ITIL MP) is aimed at digital practitioners in the technology field, and provides practical advice on how to successfully manage IT projects and teams.
ITIL Strategic Leader (ITIL SL) recognises the value of ITIL in digitally-enabled services, and reflects your understanding of the role IT plays in wider business strategy.
The ITIL Managing Professional Transition Module has been created to recognise those who have achieved their ITIL V3 certification. It enables you to transition from ITIL V3 to ITIL 4. The Transition Module covers the key elements from the ITIL Managing Professional scheme. If you have at least 17 credits from V3, you can take this module without having to pass the Managing Across the Lifecycle (MALC) exam.
The difference between an ITIL Managing Professional (ITIL MP) and an ITIL Strategic Leader (ITIL SL) is that ITIL MP includes the three Specialist modules, and ITIL SL includes the ITIL Leader module. Both contain the ITIL Strategist module.
To become an ITIL Master, you must have both the ITIL MP and ITIL SL designations, which means completing the Strategist, Specialist and Leader modules.
Previously with ITIL, you could advance to the Expert and Master levels by taking credits from just one Intermediate path, from the Service Lifecycle or Service Capability modules. ITIL 4 now requires you to complete all modules to become an ITIL Master.


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Love and Theft Hunt 'Sasquirrel' in New 'Love and Theft TV' Episode
Stephen Barker Liles and Eric Grunderson of Love and Theft may not get invited to any country celebrity hunts after their performance in the latest 'Love and Theft TV' episode. Watch both men in camoflauge and hunter's orange try to hunt down a mythical beast known as Sasquirrel in this Taste of Country exclusive premiere video.
The clip below picks up where Part 1 left off last week, with Grundeson opting for a sword instead of more traditional outdoorsmen weaponry. "Have you seen 'Lord of the Rings'? They dominate people with swords," he reminds Liles, as he takes a nip from his flask. We don't want to spoil the ending, but the squirrel gets a hold of his gun, and the hunted starts hunting the hunters.
"Popcorn, give us the strength to catch the sasquirrel!" is another great line heard in the webisode. They're referring to Popcorn Sutton, implying that moonshine is in his little traveler flask. The duo are clearly far more expeienced musicians than hunters, as they'll prove on July 24, when their self-titled album — featuring 'Angel Eyes' — becomes available.
Watch Love and Theft Search for Sasquirrel on 'Love and Theft TV'


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OB Sports Golf Management offers Phoenix area golfers access to five Valley golf courses, including Tatum Ranch Golf Club.
OB Sports Golf Management is launching a new summer golf package for Phoenix area golfers.
The package, Hang 10, allows the purchaser 10 rounds of golf, including the green fee and golf cart.
Five of the Valley's golf courses are participating in the offer, all managed by OB Sports; they include ASU Karsten Golf Course, Eagle Mountain Golf Club, Longbow Golf Club, Raven Golf Club-Phoenix and Tatum Ranch Golf Club.
With the purchase of the package, there are not only 10 vouchers that are valid for $1 beer, but also 10 vouchers for half-off entrees in the club restaurants.
"Most golfers will tell you that they enjoy playing new golf courses," says Kris Strauss, vice president of sales and marketing for OB Sports Golf Management. "So one of the attractions of Hang 10 is that it offers variety. It also introduces golfers to the facilities, giving them a sneak peek of the benefits that each club delivers through their respective annual frequent-player cards or membership programs."
Golfers can redeem their rounds of golf anytime Sunday through Thursday and after noon on Friday and Saturday. Players are able to schedule tee times up to 3 days in advance. Packages are being sold for $285 online and at any of the participating golf clubs. The rounds of golf and food and beverage vouchers are available for purchase now and expire August 31, 2012.


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Sometimes it really does seem like we live in the Wild West of the digital age, the rules of the Internet get made up as we go along.
Due to the newness, it seems like there's a scandal per week in tech startup land, and, because of social media, the default way of dealing with it for startups has become the grand public apology — tweetable on Twitter!
I've always been a big fan of the "forgiveness not permission" philosophy (just ask Mike) but there's something that doesn't sit right about how automated the atonement process has become for young companies.
Do something bad > Get caught > Bad press > Apologize > All is right with the world. Maybe you even pick up some new users along the way ?…
When startups get into the mindset that any press is good press, how far are we from orchestrated PR strategery like, "Quick, lets start storing our users' address books so we can get some attention!" And then handle the crisis well, of course.
After all, "the crisis" is almost entirely dictated by the machinations (and laziness) of the press. The Airbnb "trashed house" story was around for about a month before a rogue Arrington post turned it into a PR nightmare. And a ton of apps have been subtly uploading your contacts for a while now, Path just happened to be the most prominent one "caught."
As investor Chris Dixon brings up, ""If you download a lot of apps, your contact list is on 50 servers right now." It's true. While they were reluctant to name names, everyone I've spoken to in the industry agrees that this uploading thing is a widespread phenomenon, basically any app that asks a user to "Find their friends" or notifies users when their friends are on the service is suspect.
(Btw. If anyone wants to send me a complete list of apps that upload iOS Address Books, unencrypted, to servers, please do here.)
In the meantime get ready for a lot more startups dramatically and publicly apologizing for their sundry infractions — It's become such a phenomenon that we've created the form letter below (inspired by this and this) to make it easier on them.
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NFL Week 8 Preview: The Eagles-Cowboys Feud Resumes
Two big division rivalries grab the spotlight this week in the NFL. Here's a preview of Week 8:
Sunday, October 30
As Bad As The Seahawks' Offense Is, It Should Score Against The Saints
Seattle at New Orleans | Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans; 1 p.m. (ET) on FOX
It's a good thing Seattle (4-1-1) has one of the league's best defenses, because their offense sucks. The Seahawks converted just three third downs and averaged just 4.5 yards per play in Sunday's night ugly tie vs. the Arizona. Yes, Russell Wilson's knee isn't 100 percent, but even a one-legged wizard should be able to put points on the board against New Orleans (2-4), which allows an NFL high 32.5 points per game.
On the flip side, Seattle allows just 14 points per game, tied for the fewest in the NFL. They'll still have to figure out how to stop Saints' quarterback Drew Brees. He leads the NFL with 17 TD passes and 350 passing yards per game. If he can get 300 yards on Sunday, New Orleans may win.
The Patriots Want Revenge On The Bills
New England at Buffalo | New Era Field, Buffalo; 1 p.m. (ET) on CBS
With four Super Bowl rings and shelves full of NFL trophies and deflated footballs, Tom Brady and Bill Belichick should be happily contemplating their eventual exit strategy in New England (6-1). Instead, they've likely spent this week working 20 hours a day preparing to embarrass Rex and Rob Ryan and the Bills to avenge the Pats' humiliating 16-0 loss to Buffalo (4-3) in Week 4.
This IS a crucial game in the AFC East. If the Bills can win, they'll close to within a game of New England and have a head-to-head and division tiebreaker edge. It seems like whenever the Patriots play a game like this (against anyone but the Giants or Broncos), they win. Brady and Belichick will want to win by at least 10 points. Maybe 20. There may be blood, too.
How The Mighty Have Fallen
Arizona at Carolina | Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte; 1 p.m. (ET) on FOX
You could have made the case that last season's NFC Championship Game showcased two teams who were poised to dominate the conference for years. Of course, you'd have been wrong, because both the Panthers and the Cardinals have been as bad in 2016 as the title game was uncompetitive in January.
Carolina (1-5) has been painful to watch this season. Cam Newton has pouted as often as he's had to run for his life. He'll be doing a lot of that against the aggressive pass rush of Arizona (3-3-1). Carson Palmer should have a great day against the terrible Panthers' secondary, but even if he throws five interceptions and his team loses by 30, it will be an improvement.
We'll Find Out How Good The Falcons Are
Green Bay at Atlanta | Georgia Dome, Atlanta; 4:25 p.m. (ET) on FOX
Thanks to NFL passing leader Matt Ryan, Atlanta (4-3) has been one of the biggest surprises in the league this season. However, the Falcons have suffered back-to-back close losses to the Seahawks and the Chargers, which could point to the team's regression out of playoff contention.
This week, Ryan gets to face a Packers secondary that could be down three cornerbacks. That should mean lots of points. Green Bay (4-2) will try to keep pace by building on the success Aaron Rodgers and Co. had in the second half of last week's win over the Bears. This feels like a 42-38 track meet.
Carson Wentz & Dak Prescott Join The Eagles-Cowboys Rivalry
Philadelphia at Dallas | AT&T Stadium, Arlington; 8:30 p.m. (ET) on NBC
If you can find someone who thought last May that the 2016 Eagles-Cowboys blood feud would come down to Carson Wentz and Dak Prescott — the rookie quarterbacks each team picked, respectively, in this spring's NFL Draft — ask them for a ride in their time machine. Really, no one could have thought that these two QBs would be leading their teams to the top of the NFC East this soon.
As it stands, the real match-up to watch in this game is between the stout defense of Philadelphia (4-2) and the strong offensive line of Dallas (5-1). If the Eagles can neutralize the running of Ezekiel Elliott and keep Prescott in the pocket and under pressure, they should win. If not, Wentz will need to put up points on a sneaky good Cowboys defense.
Other Games
Thursday, October 27
Jacksonville at Tennessee | Nissan Stadium, Nashville; 8:25 p.m. (ET) on NFL
Sunday, October 30
Washington at Cincinnati | Wembley Stadium, London; 9:30 a.m. (ET) on FOX
Kansas City at Indianapolis | Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis; 1 p.m. (ET) on CBS
Oakland at Tampa Bay | Raymond James Stadium, Tampa; 1 p.m. (ET) on CBS
Detroit at Houston | NRG Stadium, Houston; 1 p.m. (ET) on FOX
N.Y. Jets at Cleveland | FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland; 1 p.m. (ET) on CBS
San Diego at Denver | Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver; 4:05 p.m. (ET) on CBS
Monday, October 31
Minnesota at Chicago | Soldier Field, Chicago; 8:30 p.m. (ET) on ESPN
Bye Week
Los Angeles, Miami, N.Y. Giants, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Baltimore


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